I really wanted to love Brutal Legend. Psychonauts is one of my all-time top-5 games, and most of Tim Schaefer's other games I hold in very high esteem. I expected great comedy, an engaging story, unique characters, and an interesting setting. Brutal Legend delivers all of these things. If it were a movie, I'd give it five stars. But the gameplay is bad. It starts out pretty fun, seeming like an action game with decent ideas, but early on it veers sharply into a (very poor) RTS game. I like good RTS games, but I found every battle to be so boring that I completely lost interest. If you're willing to forgive the poor combat the story is great, or if you're like me look for a Let's Play to watch.
